*Completely off topic- dedtired, I knew you meant thing when you wrote thong. But I once made the same typo with my boss and the sentence was as follows: " I just have to get the thong notarized and I will get it to you as soon as I do that " So glad she was able to laugh as hard as I was! And yay, warm weather, flowers blooming, birds chirping- I just love the change of seasons. Even if we had a mild winter- I completely did not mind not having to trek to work in the snow this year. The first year in the last 12 years that I can remember not having to do that. Now bring on the sunlight!! :)

I missed the time change last fall (or was it last spring?) I had started going "electronics free" on Sundays and Wednesdays. No Internet, no iPod, no television. Those are my two unplugged days. I will check my email, just in case anyone sent me a "real" email with family/friends news; I'll talk on the phone, read a book, or watch a DVD. But mostly I just stay away from anything with a computer function for those two days a week. I totally forgot about the time change that year and was so confused on Monday. I thought the computer was going bad. I remember it this year and got everything moved up an hour before I went to bed Saturday night. I have a desk clock that needs a new battery, and I've not been out to the car yet, but everything else is all good. - Bedroom alarm clock - Bathroom night light clock - Sewing room wall clock - Desk clock, waiting for a battery - Kitchen wall clock - Kitchen microwave(s) - Don't ask. - Kitchen stove - Kitchen timer - House phone; it didn't change itself? - Coffee maker - Three wrist watches - Vintage watch face that's still waiting for me to find the perfect strap for. Our two cell phone, two iPods, two atomic weather stations, and the computer set themselves. I have way too many clocks. I wish the oven, microwaves, coffee pot, and house phone did not have clocks. I'm one of those people that are driven mad if the clocks don't all show the correct time, at the same time.

That is why your lawn tractor has head lights ;-) I always "Loved" to go to work in the dark and come home in the dark. I was "great" for my mood. I remember one year when we were living in Indianapolis, I had to raking leaves in the dark. The good thing was that the limited light from the house allowed me to better see how the leaves reacted in the air stream from the blower. Knowing this I became more efficient in blowing leaves.

Changing the clocks doesn't bother me at all. But I intensely dislike Daylight Saving Time. Seems like the day never ends when it doesn't get dark until almost 10 o'clock at night. I do understand why working people like it, though. For reasons I can no longer remember, (if I knew them at the time), Texas stayed on DST all winter. It was awful for the kids, going to school in pitch dark! And I think of that whenever year 'round DST is discussed. I would think adults could deal with less daylight in the evenings if it meant greater safety for the kids. One friend of mine said she likes DST because she doesn't like driving home from work in the dark. How is that worse than driving to work in the dark? Plus, my body operates on Standard time all year, regardless of what the clocks say. Rusty